Metallic packing



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METALLIC PACKING.

Application nled January 26, 1920. Serial No. 354,146.

To all 'whom t may cor/wem:

Be it known that I, IIRANK E. PAYNE, -a citizen of the United States, residing at Glencoe, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Packing, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in metallic packing, such as is used in steam ie engines, pumps, and elsewhere to prevent` leakage of liquids, steam, and gases.

-The object of the present invention is to provide a exible metallic packing which is reinforced by an outer covering to asslst in retaining its shape, and to provide a harder wearing surface.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated opp embodiment of the invention', -in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing the method of manufacturing the packing; Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the completed packing; A

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a packing ring; and

Fig-4 is a length of packing coiled for shipment. f

The main tially metallic, and suiioiently flexible' to a' suitable core 2, which may be a string,-

wire, or otherl non-abrasive material. In some cases the metal foil hasygraphite applied thereto during the winding.' A body thus formed is flexible, and adapted for many diHerent uses. In order to. reinforce the packing to better adapt it for certain classes of service, I enclose itin a coating or covering of material which is preferably somewhat harder than the body of the packing, although non-abrasive, and 'which is also flexible. For example, this covering may be made of braided-wire, the wire bebody of the packing is essenenable it to be readily bent to circular form or to be compressed int order to fitwithm A A body suitable 4for A Babing made, preferably, of copper, although` lead or other material may be employed and the cross section of the individual strands need not necessarily be circular.

Such a coatino is shown in the drawings as given any other desired cross-secticnal form.

The packing may then be cut to length and bent to circular form, as shown in Fig. 3, or it may be coiled .for shipment, as in Fig. 4

arises when the packing is used with high speed engines, it is desirable to apply more than one braided covering, as sho'wn lby the' outer covering 4, in Fig. 1.

I claim as my invention:

1. A metallic packing comprising a helical roll of metal foil and a reinforcing covering of braided wire.

2. A metallic packing comprising a lbody of superimposed layers of thin sheet metal and a thin reinforcing covering therefor of braided material which is soft as compared to the material of the joint to be packed.

3. A packing4 comprising a core, fiat metal ribbon wound thereonv and av covering of interwoven strands of comparatively soft metal forminvg a non-abrasive covering.

' 4. A metallic packing comprising a bod consisting of a helical roll of lead-foil and Y FRANK E, PAYNE. 

